Njnª emPw hvtWibqÀkw sW©n Gän]SnWv FÃmkÀ¡pw Wµn b_]p¶p. Cu emP¯pw CWvhhv_pw hzkÀ¤^Sn]pw k^p¶p*v. Sm`vb^yw Csæn km]n¡^pSv.

HXpkn Mm³ F´pw k^s« F¶mt`mIn¨p sNm*v kmSn Sp_¶p. tWm¡pt¼mÄ A½]m\v. Fsâ ^qbw N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ A½ sWän Ipan¨p.

“”CsS´p tNm`w B\v. C§sW Bt\m {bm]bqÀ¯n]m] B\vbntÅ^v DÅ ko«n Wn¡p¶Sv. Wnsâ AWn]·mÀ N*m F´m]n^n¡pw ØnSn.”” A½ A½]psX DbtUlsI¸v Sp_¶p.

B AWn]·mÀ Nm^\w Ss¶]m\v Mm³ Cu tkg¯n B]Sv. A½ Np_¨p NqXn sskNo]n^ps¶¦n Ak^psX Np® Fsâ bqän C^ps¶s¶. F¶v Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp. A½t]mXpÅ CuÀgy bp_¯v Nm\n¡msS fpO¯v b^fmkVn BNmwg Nm\n¨p sNm*v Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”F´m At½ _nhbv–gWp tbm]ntÃ?””

“”Wn¸ eoSn Nm^\w N`ÎÀ FÃm b^nbmXnNapw SXªn^n¡pN]m\v. _nhbv–g³ CWn Cu Wn¸ Njnªmt` WX¡pÅq.””

A½ At¸mtj¡pw AN¯v N]_n kmSn AX¨p. Mm³ A½]psX NqsX Ss¶ Wn¶p tImUn¨p.

“”At¸mÄ AÑtWm?””

“”AÑsâ bj] hpir¯p¡Ä Hs¡ k¶n«p*v. Aѳ F´m]m`pw At§mt«¡v tbm]n. AknsX FÃmkt^mXpw NqsX NqXn]n«v Wmsa ^mkns` fX§pw F¶m\v b_ªSv.””

A½ A½]psX fp_n]nt`¡v– N]_n. Mm³ sfsà AknsX Wn¶pw fp§m³ {lfn¨t¸mÄ A½ Fs¶ A½]psX fp_n]nt`¡v knan¨p. hm^n Du^n fmäp¶SnWnX]n A½ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p.

“”CknsX F´m\v WX¶Sv. Wo F´nWm b*v Ft¸mtjm Hjnkm¡n] bmâpw XogÀ«pw C«Sv.””

A½ Fsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n]m\v tImUn¨Sv. FWn¡v B N®pNsa tW^nXm³ NjnªnÃ. Mm³ sfsà S` Smjv¯n sNm*v.

“”M§Ä Zm³hv Nan¡pN B]n^p¶p. At¸mÄ Nan¡m³ hpOw Cu {Zhv Atà F¶v knIm^n¨p C«Sm\v.””

A½t]mXv bqÀ\fm]pw Nů^w b_]m³ FWn¡v NjnªnÃ. Mm³ b_ªSv A½ knlzhnt¨m F¶pw A_n]nÃ. A½ Dw F¶v fm{Sw fqan sNm*v Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

AXnbmkmX]pw »uhpw fm{Sw V^n¨p sNm*v Fsâ AXpt¯¡v WX¶p k^p¶ A½]psX huµ^yw FWn¡v tWm¡mSn^n¡m³ B]nÃ. Up^vtfUhv H«pw CÃm¯ skap¯ k]_v, C¶m bnXnt¨m F¶ f«n FjptWäp Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ, hzmemknN Ipk¸v Wn_¯n DÅ Ip*pNÄ. fp¶ns` ^*p fpXn W^¨n«p*v F¶Sv A½]psX huµ^y¯nWv fmäv Nq«n.

Fsâ fp¶n Wn¶p A½ Fsâ XogÀ«v sbm¡n tWm¡n. {dm CXm¯ Fsâ fp`NÄ A½]psX fp¶n sSanªp.

“”F´m N¼nNp«³.sWäv